Copy-holder



T. H. KRUSE.

CUPY HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 6. |918.

Patented Aug. 5, 1919.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I..

T. H. KRUSE.

COPY HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.i6. |918. Aug' 5 i' 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

l annu/woz THE COLUMBIA PLANDGRAPH co.. WASHINGTUN, D. c.

UNTTED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

THEODORE I-I. KRUSE, OF ARVAIDA, COIiORAD, ASSIGrN'OR` 0F ONE-IIALF T0 MAURICE Gr. DEMETZ, OFARVADA, COLORADO.

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To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, THEoDoRn H. Kauen,

\ a citizen of the United States, residing at Arvada, in the county of Jefferson andState of Colorado, have invented a new and useful Copy-Holder, 0f which the following is a specification. l l l The device forming the subject matter of this application is acopy holder, and the invention aims to provide `novel means for supporting, disclosing and advancing the copy. y l .v i It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains. I

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combinai of parts and 1n the` tion and arrangement details cf construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made Without departing from the spirit of the invention.

1n the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in front elevation, a copy holder constructed in accordance with the invention; Fig. 2 is a rear elevation; F ig. 3 is a vertical section taken on the line 8-3 of iig. 1; Fig. 4 is a fragmental cross section taken approximately on the line 4-4 of Fig. l; Fig. 5 is a perspective showing the upper end of the side members; Fig. 6 is a perspective showing one of the upper ends of the prop; and Fig. 7 is an elevation showing the winding shaft, parts being broken away.

1n carrying out the invention there is provided a pair of side members 1 which may be made of metal, each side member including a main strip 2 bent at 3 to form a trough 4 including an outer wall 5, the outer wall being offset as indicated at 6 to define a ange 7 disposed parallel to the main strip 2, but spaced more widely therefrom than is the outer wall 5 of the trough. At their upper ends, the flange 7 and the wall 5 are bent outwardly, approximately at right angles to the main strip 1, to fashlon a lip 8 having openings 9 and 10. The numeral 11 marks a plate, which may be a piece of card board, the longitudinal edges of the plate being received in the troughs 4 of the Sipeeieaton of Letters Patent.

and are clenched drawn from the flanges erably is inclined Patented Aug. 5, 1919.

Application filed November e, "1918. seria1No."2e1,372.

side members 1 and being held therein by tongues 12, which, being struck from the strips 2 of the side members l, `pass through upon the plate ll. i As shown `in Fig. 4, the outer `wall 5 of the trough 4 engages certain of thesetongues 12, to hold them closed upontheplate 1l, the uppermost tongue 12 (Fig. 5) only, having n0 coperation with the wall 5. There is a longitudinal slot 14 in the plate 11, near to the upper end thereof. A slide 15, which may be a piece of card board,is mounted to reciprocate between the plate l1 and the flanges 7. T l

The numeral 16 denotes a U-shaped prop provided at its upper ends with curved, reduced pivot lingers 17 coperating with the openings 10 in the lips 8. The invention comprises a shaft 18 journaled for rotation in theopenings 9 of the lips 8 and supplied at one end with a turning head 19, the other end of the shaft being tapered slightly as shown at 20 for a purpose te be set forth hereinafter. The shaft 18 is provided with a longitudinal slot, 21, extended through the tapered end 20 of the shaft.

In practical operation, the slide 15 is with- 7 and any desired number of sheets 22, inscribed with the copy. may be placed against the rear surface of the plate 11, the slide 15 being pushed upwardly into the position shown in Fig. 3. The upper edge of one piece of copy after another may be inserted into the slot 21 of the shaft 18, and when the shaft is rotated, the copy will appear a line at a time, through the slot 14 in the plate 1l, as indicated at 23 in Fig. 1. The frame co1npris` ing the side members 1 and the plate 11 prefwith respect to the vertical, and is supported by means of the prop 16, as shown in Fig. 3. When the piece of copy has been wound completely 0n the shaft 18, the shaft may be withdrawn from the openings 9 and from the roll of copy, the roll thus being released. The tapered end 20 of the shaft 18 facilitates the insertion of the shaft into that opening 9 which is remote from the turning head 19 and, further, since the shaft is tapered as shown at 20,`the side portions of the shaft will be clamped on the sheet of copy at the beginning of the winding operation, and will serve to hold the shaft engaged securely with the copy. If desired, the exposed surbers, veach including a main strip bent tov faces of the plate 11 and carry advertising matter, tiously at 24:.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is l. A copy holder comprising SideV memthe slide may indicated ficti- *form a trough having an Outer Wall oifset to form a flange; a plate having itslongitudinal edges fixed in the troughs; a slide cooperating With the plate, the slide being mounted removably betvveen the iianges and the plate; and means for advancing the copy with respect tothe plate.

- 2.' A copy holder comprising side members, each including a main strip bent to form a trough having an outer Wall which is offset to form a flange, a plate having its longitudinalL edges located in the troughs, there being tongues struck from the main strips and extended through the plate, certain of the tongues being engaged by the outer Walls of the troughs; a slide mounted removably between the plate and the flanges; and means for advancing the copy With respect' tothe plate.

3. A copy holder comprising side memvGopie of this patent may be obtained for vplate engaged with the bers each including a main strip bent to form a trough including an outer Wall, the outer Wall being offset to form a liange; a troughs; a slide mounted removably between the ianges and the plate; a prop, the flanges at their upper ends being disposed substantially at right angles to the main strips to form lips Wherein the prop is pivoted; and means for advancing the copy with respect to the plate.

4. A copy holder comprising side members provided at their upper ends with lips; a plate having its longitudinal edges secured to lthe side members; a slide mounted removably in the side members and coperatng With the plate; and a shaft journaled in the lips, the shaft having a longitudinal slot extended through one end ofthe shaft, the shaft constituting means for advancing the copy With respect to the plate.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my Own, I have hereto ailixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

TIIEODORE H. KRUSE.

Witnesses:

J. H. HAMILTON, SOPHIA I-IARKINS.

nve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

